No-brainer, non-issue: It would have needlessly clogged courts

A Sharia official canes an Acehnese woman after she was convicted of unlawful contact between unmarried man and woman, as part of the implementation of Islamic Sharia law, outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2006. The Indonesian government agreed to allow Sharia law in Aceh as part of a peace settlement to end three decades of separatist conflict in the religiously conservative province.
(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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As a seasoned senator, I must choose my priorities within a 60-day legislative session. My priorities focus on health, education and public safety. Sharia Law was not one of my priorities and a no-brainer, non-starter for many of my colleagues.